Objectives: To provide physicians with current guidelines for the diagnosis and optimal
management of asthma in children and adults, including pregnant women and the elderly, in …

Background. Despite clinical guidelines penetrating every aspect of clinical practice and
health policy, doubts persist over their ability to improve patient care. We have designed and …

Clinical practice guidelines are now ubiquitous. This article describes the emergence of
such guidelines in a way that differs from the two dominant explanations, one focusing on …

In the 4th century bc, Plato explored the difference between skills grounded in practical
expertise and those based solely on following instructions or obeying rules. Using the …

People have always travelled within Europe for work and leisure, although never before with
the current intensity. Now, however, they are travelling for many other reasons, including the …

OBJECTIVES: To develop valid, reliable indicators of the appropriateness of long-term
prescribing in general practice medical records in the United Kingdom. DESIGN: A nominal …

The quality movement is gaining momentum worldwide in the field of health care. Initiated in
industrialized countries, it steadily grows in Africa. However, there is no evidence that …

Fifty years ago the regius professor of physic at the University of Cambridge wrote in praise
of medicine that its satisfaction lay “in the personal and individual character of its practice …

Background Publicly-funded drug plans vary in strategies used and policies employed to
reduce continually increasing pharmaceutical expenditures. We systematically reviewed the …

Recently, there has been significant interest both from government and medical practitioners
in thediscipline of evidence-based medicine. In this article we discuss the problems faced by …